Journal
BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 173, Issue 2, Pages 452-464Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-016-0674-7
Keywords
Diabetes; Epididymis; GPX5; Nrf2; SOD1; Testes; Zinc
Funding
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar, India
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Zinc (Zn) is one of the most important trace elements required for several biological processes. Diabetes negatively affects many organs, and diabetic patients are often hypozincemic. The present study aims to investigate the role of Zn supplementation in the testes, epididymis, and sperms of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat. Serum, testicular, and sperm Zn contents were found to be altered in diabetic rat. Biochemical, histopathological, and protein expression profiles were determined to decipher the role of Zn in protecting the cellular perturbations. Further, histopathological analyses of testes and epididymis showed deranged architecture along with other noted abnormalities. Diabetic testes showed decreased Nrf2, HO-1, SOD1, PCNA, and Bcl-2 expressions whereas increased COX-2, NF-kappa B, MT, IL-6, and p-ERK levels. SOD1 and GPX5 were decreased in the epididymis of diabetic rat, whereas Zn supplementation attenuated these changes. The present results demonstrate the beneficial role of Zn supplementation in diabetes-associated testicular alterations of rat.
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